MITCHELL, Edward Archibald, a Representative from Indiana;
born in Binghamton, Broome County, N.Y., December 2, 1910;
attended the grade and high schools and had three years of college training at the American Institute and Columbia University, New York City;
moved to Evansville, Ind., in September 1937;
engaged as a warehouseman and later as district manager for a large food distributor 1934-1937;
in 1937 purchased a half interest in a food marketing and brokerage company and served as president;
served in the United States Navy from November 1942 until his discharge as a lieutenant commander in January 1946, having been commanding officer of underwater demolition teams in the Pacific Theater for two years;
awarded the Silver Star Medal at Okinawa;
elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1949);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress;
delegate in 1952 and 1956 to Republican National Conventions;
resided in Evansville, Ind., where he died December 11, 1979;
interment in Sunset Memorial Park.